The importance of understanding the biodegradability of plastics
in soil has increased since these are released inadvertently into
the environment where they may persist. Plastics comprise a
relatively large fraction of the ubiquitous pollution found worldwide
in both land and ocean environments [29]. In addition,
intensive and semi-intensive agriculture utilizes large quantities of
these materials annually in the form of mulches, as plantable pots,
nursery containers [30].This has resulted in the recent development
of biodegradable agricultural plastics for these applications
[31,32]. One example of this is biodegradable plant nursery pots.
Some containers are designed to be plantable pots (e.g. rice hull and